1) WHAT IS PARLOR?
Parlor is an open forum with a social ambiance. Discussions reach far and wide, often relates to current events, attitudes, opinions, personal issues and other topics. We encourage book, movie, music, and sex toy reviews. In other words anything goes, except hate mongering and soliciting.

Please Note: Soliciting/advertising is not allowed on
ERWA— yes, that includes promoting website/blog updates, and marketing book sales.
Please make note of the following, and know that solicitors will be
unsubscribed.

All offers, guidelines, and events must first be cleared with Bob before posting to the list.

Feel free to brag about successes (we love that!), but don't solicit sales. Not sure of the difference?

- Example of bragging: ''I'm over the moon excited that <publisher> accepted my manuscript <title>. I'm a bit nervous about getting all the edits done in time for the <date> release.."

- Example of soliciting/marketing: "My book is on sale now at <name or URL>..."; "My book is available in print and ebook formats..."; "My new novel <book blurb>, appealing to men & women..." Or any other variation of marketing schemes.

Send email in plain text only. Anything but plain text will bounce. This is an important restriction for the list as it prevents attachments, images, viruses, advertisements and other annoying stuff from making it to the list, and also provides a standard that all email clients can read. The following links explain the plain text issue in detail and provide information about how to configure email clients to send in plain text.

We enjoy hearing from new subscribers. Although this is not a
requirement, please consider introducing yourself. Introductions help create a
friendly on-line atmosphere for ERWA members.

3) REPLY & SUBJECT LINE INFO
In the interest of creating order among the merry chaos, and to
help those who are using email filters, please pay attention to the Subject line, be sure it
reflects your post. Era-parlor will automatically appear in the Subject line, it's up to subscribers to
supply topic information that reflects their post.

- When replying to a post check the Subject line, ask yourself if it's the correct Subject line for your post. If it's not, fix it.

- When replying, delete as much of the original message as
possible, leaving only enough to reflect what you're replying to.